A Tale of Two Daddies

A great example of both kinds of dad my sweet, wonderful husband will be! Too funny!


America's Funniest Home Videos' daddy diaper changing montage - all Michael, all the time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTij4txO8Uk



Totally stole this from Viola's blog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A2Ap3DyvLg

Little Claire Lussier

Our good friends, Viola and Jeff, had their baby, Claire Parker Lussier, on July 24 and here is a picture of the two of us when she was a day-and-a-half old.  She is so sweet and little.  Makes me excited for our little one to come in December.  Thankfully, she is covering the tummy pudge that doesn't quite look like a baby bump just yet.  Thanks, Claire-Bear!  :)

In all seriousness, Michael woke up around 3:30am on Friday morning (7/24) to let the dogs out and came to my side of the bed when he came back into the room.  It scared me - I thought something was wrong...  But, he was excited to tell me that Jeff had sent him a text saying that Viola was in labor and the baby was-a-comin' (my words, not his).  I think I might have squealed and asked all kinds of questions after hearing that, which is kind of unusual for me - I'm not really a middle-of-the-night kind of person...  It took me forever to get back to sleep.  I was thinking of Viola and Jeff and their exciting journey that was about to begin, and it made me want December to get here really quickly so that we can send out messages like that to our friends and family in the middle of the night.  I think I woke up at like 7:00am later that morning (also out of the ordinary for me) hoping for an update and there it was on Michael's phone - Claire was born at 5:50am and weighed in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces, 20 inches long.

Mom, Dad, and baby are all doing well!  I'm so happy for them to be starting a new chapter in their lives and we are so glad that we get to be a part of it!

Look how cute my husband is!

I took this pic this morning with my cell phone on the way out the door.  Michael was on the phone with a client and after he got off, asked me why I took the picture.  Haha!  I told him I was going to blog about him and he protested about this picture being put up for all the world to see.  I assured him that I only have like nine followers on my blog, so only nine people would see it.  He wanted to go upstairs, put on a shirt, and brush his hair so I could take a "better picture."  I like this picture - I think it's very cute and au natural!  Shows him in his natural state first thing in the morning.  :)  He couldn't have been too worried about it because then he proceeded to sing his "turkey day song" from his 4th grade Thanksgiving play.  The same song he sang this last Thanksgiving when I was attempting to make a turkey for the first time.  Must have done some good, because the turkey came out great!

Gotta love men...!

Baby Rand's 3rd Picture

So, I had some minor problems in my first trimester with Baby Rand - not necessarily with the baby, but more with my body.  Anyway, the upside to all of that stress was that we got to see the little munchkin three times before he/she was 11 weeks GA.  SO CUTE!  Melted my heart and made me cry every time I saw/heard it.  That heartbeat is something every mother or father (my husband, especially) could listen to all day, every day.

I have this posted on my Facebook page, but thought I would post it here for posterity.  Luckily, I have it saved on my work computer so I can load it on my brand new blog, but also so I can sneak a peak at it every once in a while.  So, here is Baby Rand at 10 weeks, 3 days as of June 2, 2009.  Note the cutest profile ever, the hand by the face, and the leg stretched out.  This baby is a genius already!

Who will read this? Seriously?

Hey Y'all!

Ok, so a few of my friends who are either expecting or have already had their babies have been pressuring me to blog...  It's a great way to "journal" the important things that are happening in my changing body and with our sweet little one who comes in Decemeber.  However, I am not the best writer...  So, the other night in my haze between sleep and awake (happening a lot these days), I finally decided that I will try out blogging.  But, then I thought, who wants to read about me and my life?  This is the same reason I haven't joined Twitter (even though everyone else in the developed world has...but, I digress...), no one cares what I am up to every minute of the day, and if they do, they will call me.  Right?

Anyway, here I am in my 19th week of pregnancy (counted as 18 weeks completed) and anxiously awaiting the news of what kind of child I am carrying in my belly.  We find out August 6 if we are having a boy or a girl.  Names are already picked out as well as nursery furniture.  Michael thinks it's a girl and I think it's a boy.  To be honest, we don't really care what it is, as long as he/she is a healthy baby.  But, if it is a boy, he could have a harem of women when he comes of age (right now that's like 13 years old), because so many of our friends have had girls lately.  Guess the odds are in our favor for a boy.  We'll see!